The most widely-used ‘restorative justice’ programme, which brings prisoners face-to-face with victims to show the harm ...

Female prison governors face sexism and ‘boys club’ attitudes from their senior male colleagues, according to the findings of ...

Investing in community mental health services would help to ease the pressure on the prison system by diverting more people ...

Plans to expand HMP Parc to create space for more prisoners have now been handed in to local Bridgend Council by the Ministry of Justice. The proposal is for a new “K-shaped houseblock” for an ...

Last year I visited a Sycamore Tree course at HMP The Mount. I went there to meet Vi and Ray Donovan (pictured), and at their suggestion stayed for an afternoon session to see for myself. Their ...

Ministry of Justice figures published last week for the use of offending behaviour programmes by the Probation Service show ...

Two men have been jailed after admitting using drones to smuggle drugs into prisons. The men, one aged 40 and the other 38, were sentenced to three years and eight months’ imprisonment, and two ...

The HMP Leeds Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) says it is very concerned at the large number of self-inflicted deaths at ...

Recently-published offender management statistics have shown that the IPP Action Plan has not led to significant improvements for those in prison under the abandoned sentence, years over tariff.

Over 70 pieces of art produced by prisoners in HMP Inverness have gone on public show at Dornoch Cathedral. Hundreds visited the exhibition when it ran from 21 to 25 July. Dornoch, in Sutherland, ...

An inmate in HMP Littlehey died after the prison cancelled his cancer check-ups due to a lack of escort staff. A report into ...

A prisoner who murdered a fellow inmate in a dispute over a vape debt has been jailed for life. The 27-year-old punched ...